Laser Surgery for Vaginal Pre-Cancer

In laser surgery, a beam of high-energy light is used to vaporize the abnormal tissue. This treatment works well for vaginal pre-cancer (vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia or VAIN), and can even be used for large lesions (areas of abnormal cells).
It can be repeated, if needed, and rarely causes problems or side effects.

Still, this is not a treatment for invasive cancer. For laser surgery to be an option, the doctor must be certain that the worst lesion was tested and it's not invasive cancer.